- FRANCES GIBSON PEMBROKE "PREMIER VOL"
OIL PAINTING Frances Gibson Pembroke (British?, XX) 'Permier Vol' [First Flight], Oil on Canvas, depicting figures and birds, initialed lower right corner, "292 Permier Vol...
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ORNITHOLOGY(lot of 2) Large gilt-embossed leather book bindings, with marbled end boards, lacking text block, boards and spine only, including: (1) "Selby's British Ornithology,...
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Audubon Birds of America and Quadrupeds Title Pages, incl. title page from Vol. II of The Birds of America, J.Whatman/Turkey Mill/1834 watermark, 39 in. x 26 1/8 in.; and...
[more like this] - COURTENAY BRANDRETH (1891-1947)Black
Ducks, 1923
signed and dated "Courtenay Brandreth 1923" lower right
oil on board, 17 1/2 by 21 1/2 in.
titled on back
Brandreth, born in Ossining, New York, was a bird artist...
[more like this] - LOUIS AGASSIZ FUERTES (1874-1924)Three
Crows
signed "Louis Agassiz Fuertes" lower right
watercolor, 14 by 8 1/2 in.
This work appeared in a 1919 issue of "Bird-Lore," which was the magazine of the Audubon Societies...
[more like this] - Birds & Fowl, A collection of books
on birds, fowl and poultry including Strickland (Hugh Edwin), Ornithological Synonyms, Vol I: Accipitres, London: John Van Voorst, 1855, publisher's cloth, inscribed by Frances...
[more like this] - AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES (1785-1851). THE
BIRDS OF AMERICA, FROM DRAWINGS MADE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THEIR TERRITORIES. NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA: PUBLISHED BY J.J. AUDUBON AND J.B. CHEVALIER, 1840-1844.Audubon,...
[more like this] - HARRIMAN EXPEDITION, "ALASKA" VOL I
BY JOHNBurroughs, John Muse, and George Bird Grinnell, Doubleday, Page and Co., NY, 1901, 183 pages plus plates. There are 6 colored plates by R. Swain Gifford (1840-1905,...
[more like this] - LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB, (13) TITLES,
1936-1960 Each title numbered 686 and signed as indicated by the name in brackets: 1) The Arabian Nights Entertainment, 1954, 4 vols., #686/1500; 2) Rabelais. Gargantua &...
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OF CALIFORNIA(lot of 4) Books: "The Birds of California," William Leon Dawson (American, 1873-1928), published by South Moulton Company, California, 1923, Sunset Edition -...
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TEAPOT AND COVER TEAPOT AND COVER , circa 1765, Staffordshire, the printed decoration attributed to Sadler & Green, Liverpool, oviform with overlapping shell-molded spout...
[more like this] - COLLECTION OF 14 BOOKS RELATED TO JAMES
ABBOTTMcNeill Whistler, to include: "The Life of Whistler", 2 vols, by E. R. and J. Pennell, Lippincott Co. , London, 1908, cloth bound boards, 8vo, hand cut pages, numerous...
[more like this] - (6 VOLS) 'HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS,'
MORRIS, 1851(6 vols) "The History of British Birds," by the Reverend Francis Orpen Morris (Anglo-Irish, 1810-1893), Groombridge and Sons, London, 1851, containing colored...
[more like this] - WILLIAM WINTERBOTHAM. AN HISTORICAL,
GEOGRAPHICAL, COMMERCIAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW OF THE AMERICAN UNITED STATES. LONDON. 1795. FOUR VOLUMES 8 1/2 X 5 1/4 IN. (21.59 X 13.34 CM.) GEOGRAPHICAL, COMMERCIAL AND...
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Book, An Account of all the Birds, Nests and Eggs Found in the British Isles, vols 1-3, 1st edition, Edinburgh: T C & E C Jack, 1911-13, 201 mainly colour plates, original...
[more like this] - Morris (Rev FO) A History of British
Birds, 6 vols., London 1868 in original green and gilt cloth bindings; Mudie (Robert) The Feathered Tribes of the British Islands, 2 vols., second edition, London 1835 and...
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CRUSOE, R. CHAMBERS THE BOOK OF DAYS A MISCELLANY OF POPULAR ANTIQUITIES, THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, JOHN JAMES AUDUBON, CURRIER & IVES, PRINTMAKERS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, 1940,...
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BOUND, GILTpage edges. Octavo. Published by W H Lizars, Donnel Highley, 32 Fleet St, Dublin, W. Curry. To include: Natural History of Goats by Sir William Jardine Bart, Edinburgh,...
[more like this] - 12 vols. Shaw, George. General Zoology.
London, 1800-1809. Vols. I-III, V-VII, parts 1 & 2 of each; Mammalia, Amphibia, Pisces, Insects, Birds. 8vo, contemp. calf; worn & desiccated, a few covers detached. With...
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William Leon. The Birds of California. San Diego: South Moulton Company, 1923. Student's Edition. 3 vols. 4to, orig. pictorial green cloth; light to moderate edge wear, spines...
[more like this] - 4 vols. Dawson, William Leon. The Birds
of California. San Diego: South Moulton Company, 1923. Large Paper Edition, De Luxe, 1/350 signed by Dawson, out-of-series copy. 4to, orig. embossed pictorial green cloth;...
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& C.: Weiser, Frederick S; Heaney, Howell J. The Pennsylvania German Fraktur... An Illustrated Catalogue. Breinigsville: Penn. German Society; Philadelphia, Free Library,...
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Catalogue: A Facsimile. With an Introduction by Lessing J. Rosenwald. North Hills, Pa., 1970. #114/250. 4to, orig. 1/4 cloth & marbled bds.; light to occasional edge wear....
[more like this] - 7 vols. Wilson, Alexander. American
Ornithology; or, The Natural History of The Birds of The United States. New York: Collins; Philadelphia: Harrison Hall, 1828-29. 3 8vo text vols. + folio atlas. Text vols....
[more like this] - 1 vol. + 1 portfolio. (Bird & Bull
Press): Taylor, W. Thomas; Morris, Henri. Twenty-One Years of Bird & Bull: A Bibliography, 1958-1979. N.p.: Bird & Bull Press, 1980. #95/150. 8vo, orig. 1/4 mustard morocco...
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Henry. The Builders and other Poems. New York: Scribner's, 1897. First edition. Sm. 8vo, orig. vellum spine & corners & cloth, gilt, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed; scuffed,...
[more like this] - EIGHT COLLECTIBLE BOOKS: ''A Book of
Drawings'' by A.B. Frost N.Y. Collier & Son 1904 with 40 full plate illus. pictorial cover 11'' by 15.50''; ''Furniture Treasury'' by Wallace Nutting Vol.I 1928 illus. brown...
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John Gould's Birds. (Secaucus): Chartwell, (1981 or later). Folio, orig. cloth, d/j. Color plates. * Lambourne, Maureen. The Birds of The World:... John Gould's Classic Bird...
[more like this] - 2 vols. Stone, Witmer. Bird Studies
at Old Cape May. Philadelphia: Delaware Valley Ornithological Club, 1937. First edition. 4to, orig. gilt-lettered green cloth; light edge wear. Color frontispieces, photo...
[more like this] - TWO FRAMED BIRD ENGRAVINGS BY GOULD
AND RICHTER (BRITISH 1862-1873). Handcolored lithographs on paper from The Birds of Great Britain including (vol. 4 #53) Glottis Canescens or Greenshank and (vol. 5 #68)...
[more like this] - * (INSECTS BUTTERFLIES) MORRIS F.O.
A History of British Butterflies. London: Groombridge and Sons 1853. 8vo contemporary 3/4 green morocco over marbled boards spine decorated and lettered in gilt red spine...
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Persia: Southgate, Horatio. Narrative of a Tour Through Armenia, Kurdistan, Persia and Mesopotamia. New York: D. Appleton, 1840. 1st Am. ed. 2 vols. in 1. 12mo, contemp. 3/4...
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1872. Vol. XVI. Folio, contemp. 1/4 morocco & marbled bds., gilt-lettered spine; scuffed, corners rubbed away, joints rubbed. Numerous wood-engraved illus. Internally clean....
[more like this] - Wilson's Ornithology , 1808-1814:
Alexander Wilson, American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States, Bradford and Inskeep, Philadelphia, nine volumes, Vols. I-VII, 1808-1813;...
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and James Hall (1793-1868): the George Strother Gaines (1784-1873) Original Subscriber Set of the History of the Indian Tribes of North America 1837-1844 3 vols. in folio...
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Howell, et al. Three Lions and The Cross of Lorraine: Bartholomaeus Angelicus... Newtown, Pa., 1992. #90/138. Folio, orig. 1/4 crushed burgundy morocco & bds., black morocco...
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